New Delhi: The US “values” its relationship with India, US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor said on Saturday after holding talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that focused on cooperation in areas of defence, trade and critical minerals. Gor landed in New Delhi this morning on a six-day visit that came amid continuing strains in the bilateral…
Ahmedabad: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday called upon youths to play an active role in promoting Made-in-India products with the spirit of ‘Rashtra Pratham’ (nation first), stressing that making the country self-reliant, or ‘Atmanirbhar’, is a national priority. She was addressing the 71st convocation ceremony of Gujarat Vidyapith, a deemed university founded by Mahatma Gandhi,…
Saharanpur (UP): Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday expressed confidence that the India-Afghanistan ties will grow stronger in the future as he visited Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, one of the most influential Islamic seminaries in South Asia. A raging controversy over the absence of women journalists from his presser in New Delhi…
Patna: The Jan Suraaj Party continued to steal a march, ahead of assembly polls, over the ruling NDA and the main opposition INDIA bloc, with its founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday launching an election campaign from Raghopur, the home turf of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. Senior BJP’s leaders of the state, including president Dilip Jaiswal…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, a company dealing in safe AI systems. The company also plans to open an office in Bengaluru next year. “Glad to meet you. India’s vibrant tech ecosystem and talented youth are driving AI innovation that is human-centric and responsible,” PM…
Fake Matches, Fixed Scoresheets, and Stadium Neglect In the previous part, we traced how Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) was reduced to a loot machine, bleeding money in the name of clothing bills, medical reimbursements, and phantom development. But the cancer did not stop with finances. The rot seeped into the very sanctity of the game…
When the country’s oldest and most respected business house finds itself in the middle of a power struggle, it ceases to be a corporate issue — it becomes a national one. The Tata Group, a 156-year-old conglomerate synonymous with India’s industrial rise and ethical capitalism, is not just a private enterprise. It is a national…
A BBC report last week published with a heading “The Indian messaging app that wants to take on WhatsApp” opened with a cryptic remark, Can an Indian-made messaging app compete with the behemoth that is WhatsApp? This remark relates to an indigenously developed Indian messaging app called Arattai that saw 7.5 million downloads in a…
In the heart of the Bay of Bengal, an understated yet momentous shift is quietly redrawing South Asia’s strategic map. The Coco Islands—long a vantage point for Chinese surveillance of India’s naval activities—have now witnessed a remarkable geopolitical reversal. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy vision, Myanmar has begun dismantling Chinese military installations on…
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